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Blue jeans are for everyone, everywhere (opens the original)
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Thank you to Madewell for partnering with me on this letter. I could talk about jeans for ages — what other item of clothing is worn by supermodels, mineworkers and tech CEOs alike?The first pair of blue jeans was designed for a man. Specifically, a farmer, miner, mechanic, or cowboy who needed durable pants that could withstand sweat and dirt and movement. During the California Gold Rush of 1848, when miners flocked to the west coast in pursuit of great wealth, they bought their work pants from
When in doubt, choose the bigger life. (opens the original)
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In case you haven’t heard, I’m giving away a Louise Carmen journal to one of my paid subscribers. You can learn how to enter the giveaway here.Today’s Cheat Sheet comes from actor-writer-creator Dean Farella, whom you may have seen wistfully rollerblading in sunny California to a Fiona Apple song. Dean and I met during our first week of college, but we really bonded when I spent the summer in Oceanside
I'm buying one of you a journal in Paris. (opens the original)
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As much as summer is a welcome reprieve from New York blizzards and abominable temperatures, I hate when my skin gets sticky on CitiBikes and my hair frizzes in the humidity. Which is to say, happy September, it’s finally the best season of the year! I associate fall with beginnings, foliage, letters, apples, sweaters-as-outerwear, and my birthday. I’m turning 24 this year, which actually feels quite young. I’m not afraid of it in the way I was afraid of 18, or 21, or even 23. Time is a strange
Minnesota Nice (opens the original)
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A three-day weekend always beckons the fantasy of a trip. In July, Isa and I wanted to fly to San Francisco for Labor Day, to talk to strange young men about AI and walk among the redwoods. But flights were expensive and when I roped into the plan, she proposed an alternative.1<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!orRM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f5
I ditched the vodka soda and got six books instead. (opens the original)
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This is the third weekly check-in for the Ad Hoc Creative Restart, where I recap all of the things I did to pump my life full of inspiration, energy, and discipline. If you want a refresher on how the challenge works, you can refer to the introductory letter here. Here are the first and second installments:<div class="digest
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